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Brief Introduction of Qingming Festival

Qingming Festival, also called Tomb Sweeping Day or Pure Brightness Day, usually falls on April 4 or 5. Qingming is the second of 24 solar terms on the traditional Chinese lunar calendar. It is also a time for people to go outside and start enjoying the greenery of spring.

In 2017 Qingming Festival falls on April 4. The three-day public holiday in China is April 3–5, 2017.

講解：

… falls on …：(節(jié)日等)適逢(某日)，正當(某日)

The New Year falls on January the first. 元旦是一月一日。

solar term：節(jié)氣

traditional Chinese lunar calendar：陰歷

public holiday：公共假期

Qingming Festival Facts

Date: April 4 or 5 (start of Qingming, solar term two)

Importance: top day for showing respect to / worshipping ancestors

Celebrations: tomb sweeping, food/drink offerings, spring outing

History: over 2,500 years

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Vocabulary you need to know for Qingming Festival

掃墓：sweep tombs

祭祖：worship (sacrifice to) ancestors

紙錢：joss paper: paper made to resemble money and burned as an offering to the dead

燒香：burn joss sticks (incense)

菊花：crysanthamum

What do Chinese people do on Qingming Festival?

There are various activities for Qingming Festival. The most popular ones, including tomb sweeping, spring outings, and kite flying, and putting willow branches on gates, have been an important part of this festival since the beginning.

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What do Chinese people eat on Qingming Festival?

The day before Tomb Sweeping Day was the traditional Chinese Cold Food Day. As time passed, the two festivals were gradually combined into one. On the cold food festival day, people used no fire and only ate cold food. Now people in some places still have the custom of eating cold food on Qingming Festival.

Different places have different foods for Qingming Festival. The traditional Qingming festival foods include sweet green rice balls（青團）, peach blossom porridge（桃花粥）, crispy cakes（撒子）, Qingming snails, and eggs. These foods are usually cooked one or two days before the arrival of the Qingming Festival.

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